Etain / Étain

INFORMATION

FontID: 03903ETA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Meuse, Grand Est
Directions to Site: In the canton d'Étain, arrondissement de Verdun
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: There is a group of cast iron stoups similarly shaped in Burgundy; several of them have been listed in this Index
Font Notes:
Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 1, p. 394) as a cast-iron holy-water stoup shaped literally like an upside-down bell; it has handles with rings on the upper, broader, side and short little feet welded to the rounded bottom to help it stand. A band half-way down the sides has an inscription of David's psalm 51, verse 9. Another band, a double one, right at the bottom, has "la salutation angélique, première partie de l'Ave Maria usitée au XVe siècle." (ibid.)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, iron (cast-iron)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. Notes on Font] 1)Psalm 51, verse 9: "Etenim homo pacis meae, in quo speravi; qui edebat panes meos, magnificavit super me supplantationem" -- 2)"Ave Maria gratia plena [...]"
Inscription Location: both around the basin sides
Inscription Source: Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 1, p. 394)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse, Paris: FLOHIC, 1999